Kahn's career in music began when played saxophone, clarinet and violin
in the orchestras of Glenn Lee, Pinky Tomlin, the Dorseys, Clyde McCoy
and others.
Later he studied music composition in California later becoming a
composer/arranger and writing background music for movies and
television. He was music supervisor for Filmways, Republic, and
Universal Studios and supervised the music of such shows as The Beverly
Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Simon & Simon, Addams
Family, and wrote the theme music for Leave it to Beaver, and Mike
Hammer. He also arranged the music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and
edited the music for National Lampoon's Animal House, among many
others.
He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-three years, Anna Mae
Kahn, to cancer in 1995
Early career was playing saxophone and singing with touring big bands.
Served in the Army Air Force during WWII and then moved to Hollywood to work as a music arranger/orchestrator/scorer for Republic Studios and Filmways TV.
Both he, as composer of the Leave It To Beaver theme song, and Bob LeMond, as announcer for Leave It To Beaver, died the same year, 2008.